A new year has begun, and with it comes new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from January 1 - January 7.
- Read more: News Almost Missed December 31
Roster Changes
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Built By Gamers Academy
Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli have welcomed BlackHeart .
- / Danny "HUYNH"
Huynh and Dajon "chase"
Lopez have both been released from
Ghost Gaming
Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid .
- One of
Complexity
Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood 's founding members, Riley "ohai" Nguyen, has officially left the organization.
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Rise Gaming
Rise Gaming Inactive luqz Lucas Dias Tak1 Vitor Tak Luskka Lucas Rentechen have signed an entirely new roster for 2022.
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Velox
Velox Inactive has said goodbye to their team after seven months.
- Maximiliano "HANLING"
De Michele has become
9z Team
9z Team Latin America South Rank #3 Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon suther Tomás Zurita delz1k Joaquin Espinoza NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Mikey Tap Luciano Pensa 's sixth player.
- / Undead Gaming have entered the female Valorant scene with
Undead Gaming Fem
Undead Gaming Fem Inactive Morita Dae jeyjey sumi minuty .
- / "Andrehs"
and
Veritoxm
have joined
Skull Cracker Quartz
Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila .
- Cristóbal "alca"
Cancino and Marco "adi"
Maureira have joined
Border Monsters
Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #9 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo mega .
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UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #14 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Polvi Niko Polvinen bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García announced their 2022 roster with Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy returning to the club.
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NOM Esports
NOM Esports Europe Rank #74 nero Eran Yosef bravo Pap Gergely Razziss Timur Taisaev Amcar have completed their roster with Erdem "Toronto" Soğukpınar and Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka.
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Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando have locked in their 2022 roster, seeing René "Rias" Pitrun return from inactivity as the fifth player.
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Wave Esports
Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz has enlisted four new players: Yiğithan "DeepMans" Kesici, Povilas "roxie" Krivelis, Vladislav "Bgg" Boev, and Okko "Feeqn" Pajari.
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SAW
SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha have released their entire roster, citing issues with the Valorant Regional Leagues.
- / Frankie "Carter"
Carter, Euan "euanval"
Would, and Alex "Alyx"
Morrow have joined
Vexed Gaming
Vexed Gaming Inactive Luca Lukey petals Ben Colledge Lew Lewis Grant-Smith kingHaS Henry Simmons
- Calvin "MAGiK"
Spaaij was transferred from
Vexed Gaming
Vexed Gaming Inactive Luca Lukey petals Ben Colledge Lew Lewis Grant-Smith kingHaS Henry Simmons 's inactive roster to DSYRE
DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki .
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SENTHEX
SENTHEX Inactive doM Axton Anton Hering Spindown Jaytato Yannic Joshua Grottendiek Aloush Alihan Ipekten have added Highfisch to fill the IGL position.
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Unicorns of Love
Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski have entered Valorant, signing a squad spearheaded by Gianluca "xTribune" Oehme.
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PENTA
PENTA Inactive have announced their return to Valorant after more than a year without a team.
- Former NIP coach Emil "eMIL"
Sandgren has signed with
Guild GC
Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos .
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G2 Gozen
G2 Gozen Europe Rank #3 amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Nelo Mathilde Beltoise Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup acquired Anastasia "Glance" Anisimova from Guild GC
Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos .
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Finest
Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench now have a full roster again with the signing of Jere "synsi" Virtanen.
- Whilst still under contract with
ZEROZONE
ZEROZONE Inactive Qwick Daniel0 Daniel Bolufer sergiHBK Saiz Daniel Ruiz frenzaa Luke Michael Nicholls , Mert "ork1de" Altay is now searching for offers as a smoker, entry and support.
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Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #22 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt OXMANN Aytekin Çakır umu7 Umut Pekdoğan acquired Burak "glovee" Yıldırım from Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports Inactive .
- Ahmet "cino"
Furkan and "skyress"
have left
Fenerbahçe Esports
Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #100 ibonata İbrahim Taha Güler Best Bartu Keskin KROSTALY Okan Alaçam Slaughter İrfancan Çakıl exe Yigox Yiğit Arslan .
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FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban transferred Cüneyd "hatex" Baş to Galakticos
Galakticos Europe Rank #145 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç sterben Emre Demirci MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qw1 Konuralp Şahin glovee Burak Yıldırım and Emre "sterben" Demirci has left. In their places, Futbolist have signed Özkan "p0wa77" Arslantürk and Furkan "MrFaliN" Yeğen
- Ahmed "RockeT"
Mohamed is now exploring his offers for 2022 after three months with
NASR Esports
NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov .
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chrollo
has left
Anubis Gaming
Anubis Gaming Inactive and is now open to offers.
- Abhishek "GodspeedxD"
Bajaj has stepped down from
Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #37 Bgg Vladislav Boev moner Kirill Matsanov tricky Prish Valvani Ri0 Atharv Ahire Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar and joined Team Arrow
Team Arrow Inactive .
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FS Esports
FS Esports Inactive CortezZ Shubham Chhatre DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar eddshot Kohliii Pranav Kohli B2 have announced Saharyar "BadmaN" Shaikh just hours prior to their participation in the TEC Gauntlet - Season 4.
- Masters: Berlin attendee Zhan "shiba"
Teng Toh has left
Paper Rex
Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #5 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov to begin his compulsory two years of active duty in the Singapore Armed Forces.
- After acting as a stand-in for a month, Adrian "adrnking"
Setiawan is now an official member of
Alter Ego
Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang adrnking Adrian Setiawan sayoo Willy Ivandra Cud Thomas Alfiantino gotten Davin .
- Henri "Flaring"
Forichon became the eighth player to join
BLEED
BLEED Inactive .
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FEARUS
FEARUS Inactive Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh shouta Phạm Quang Thắng MaTryXs Matthis Metharam ' Nguyễn "Ko0" Công Minh and Vũ "Real8" Ngọc Đức Hiếu have been transferred to EGO
EGO Inactive Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh JASONTRUONG . Phạm "shouta" Quang Thắng and Matthis "MaTryXs" Metharam will stay together and compete under a new name.
- Nguyễn "n1zzy"
Tấn Thành and Hoàng "ducT"
Trung Đức are no longer a part of
DivisionX Gaming
DivisionX Gaming Inactive . Hoàng "alyaL" Đức Hùng and To "tozz" Duy Antoine Bouvery will play in their place, with Phan "Kawa" Anh Huy joining as coach.
- Chong "Fayde"
Hoc Wah has joined
BOOM Esports
BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma as an analyst.
- Gilbert "Gibo"
Agatep Sales Jr. is no longer
Team Secret
Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #8 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2GE James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera 's coach.
- Former
Klaus
Klaus Inactive ACCEL Kwon Ki-Hyun ELSE Kim Jun JW Lee Jung-Woo rolex Yoon Jae-Ho player Oh "Hound" Yun-Sung has retired.
Results
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NASR Esports
NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov won the grand final of the ESTAZ Valorant Elite League, besting Team RA'AD
Team RA'AD MENA Rank #3 Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby Shniider Yousef Osama chrollo Omar Hussein Depyro Nour Sherif SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Yassien Yassien Ahmed 3-1 in the grand final and conquering over half of the $20,000 USD prize pool.
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Luminosity
Luminosity Inactive moose Kaleb Jayne mada Adam Pampuch dazzLe Will Loafman bdog Brandon Sanders TiGG Tanner Spanu are back to winning, taking first place in the NSG Winter Championship - Open 12 after winning against ex-FLICKBAITERS
ex-FLICKBAITERS Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Nurfed James McFadden Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm 2-1 in the grand final.
Matches to Watch
- PLAYER1 SERIES: Hera, a Brazilian female-only tournament, is approaching its end.
sem duelista
sem duelista Inactive , Ninguém Contrata
Ninguém Contrata Inactive Krysme Julia Coelho misty Patrícia Fonseca lya ScherBi gabiTê , ABC E-sports Fem
ABC E-sports Fem Inactive QueeN Isabella Santos Julia Lia Yunozinha mari ripmeL , and Rebanho
Rebanho Inactive giacomiN Maria Eduarda Giacomin Bia Beatriz Terra Daniops Daniela Cristini isafx Isadora Freitas Bizerra Vitoria Vieira are the only four remaining teams.
- Gamers Galaxy Valorant is also approaching its end, with
Team Exploit
Team Exploit Inactive , Fear Legends
Fear Legends Inactive Kasper Shuja Ahmed Khan traNz KriminaL , Clarity Esports
Clarity Esports Inactive BeasT Hamza Shakir BUTTSAHAB OnHeAd Frebik , and Team Arrow
Team Arrow Inactive all vying for the win.
- SEA Esports Championship 2021's group stage will conclude soon.
Bren Esports
Bren Esports Inactive currently sit atop Group C.
- Two TEC Gauntlet - Season 4 matches are scheduled between
Team Valor
Team Valor Inactive Stroky BuLL3T Aditya Kajari Busterrr Sharan Dave Pashasahil Mast3r Varun Menon and FS Esports
FS Esports Inactive CortezZ Shubham Chhatre DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar eddshot Kohliii Pranav Kohli B2 , True Rippers
True Rippers Inactive Ri0 Atharv Ahire Marcai BatmaN R0meo WAT Lewis Watson RvK Rishi Vijayakumar and Team 69
Team 69 Asia-Pacific Rank #142 Rucifix Ravin Vadhera Akdemon luc1d FNooB RuDyy Rudransh Singh .
Other News & Rumors
- LCK participants DRX have acquired
Vision Strikers
Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) 's parent company eDreamwork Korea. Vision Strikers will play under the DRX tag from here on out.
- / According to Dot Esports' reporter George Geddes, Daniel "mertz"
Mertz and Jesper "TENZKI"
Mikalski are due to join
Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius .
- Also according to George Geddes,
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le are looking to complete their roster with Quan "dicey" Tran and Andrew "ShoT_UP" Orlowski.